o|cher

o|cher «OH kuhr», noun, adjective, verb.

–n.

1. any one of various earthy mixtures containing clay and iron oxide, ranging in coloring from pale yellow to orange, brown, and red, used as pigments.

2. a pale brownish yellow.

3. Slang. money.

–adj.

pale brownish-yellow.

–v.t.

to color or mark with ocher. Also, ochre.

╂[< Old French ocre, learned borrowing from Latin ōchra < Greek < ós pale yellow]